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The Royal Palaces of England

Professor Simon Thurley CBE · Gresham College

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About

Medieval kings were warriors and their palaces needed to reflect this fact. Massive, mighty and overwhelming royal architecture was a product of a highly militarised society. But, as this lecture shows, medieval kings were also cultured and sophisticated patrons of architecture.

Lectures

  1. War Halls: Royal Houses from the Saxons to the Hundred Years' War 2014-03-12 · YouTube
  2. Playing Catch-up: Palaces from the Hundred Years' War to the Wars of the Roses 2014-04-23 · YouTube
  3. Magnificence: A Tale of Two Henrys 2014-06-04 · YouTube
  4. Cultural Revolution: Palaces of the Early Stuart Kings 2014-10-08 · YouTube
  5. Revolutionary State? Royal Palaces in Cromwell's England 2015-03-11 · YouTube
  6. Restoration and Reaction: Palaces of the Restoration 2015-04-22 · YouTube
  7. The Last Stuarts and the Death of the Royal Powerhouse 2015-06-03 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Simon Thurley CBE
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
Attribution
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